Hey everyone, I'm trying to netlist a sky130 xschem schematic using the xschem CLI, but everytime it give me the following error. Does anyone know how to fix this? global_spice_netlist(): problems opening netlist file

@Curtis Mayberry the -o is used to specify the directory where the netlist goes. The filename is either taken from the circuit name (with .spice extension) or specified with -N:

xschem --netlist --spice --no_X --quit --rcfile xschemrc -o /workspaces/bandgaps/.viper/netlists -N test.spice ${SCH_FILE}

The reason for the two separate options for path and for filename is because there is a split netlist mode where xschem outputs each subcircuit netlist into a separate file (this is sometimes preferred when compiling / elaborating VHDL or Verilog or mixed digital designs). In this case only the destination path makes sense.

Ah, I see, thanks @Stefan Schippers!

@Curtis Mayberry If you add:

--tcl 'set lvs_netlist 1'

the top level .subckt will be uncommented. This is often used also for LVS. Also if you update your xschem now the -N accepts full path for netlist file.

Awesome, I'll give those a shot. Thanks @Stefan Schippers!